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Monthly Archives For May 2022
Zero-Covid-19, big money: China’s anti-virus spending boosts some sectors
Covid-19″ policy of constantly monitoring, testing and isolating its citizens to prevent the spread of the coronavirus has battered much of the country’s economy, but it has created bubbles of growth …
China’s anti-pandemic policy justified
Editor’s note: China’s dynamic clearing policy has helped save lives and kept the novel coronavirus largely at bay. The pandemic, if out of control, will hinder growth, too. In its fight against the …
Xinjiang Police Files: Global brands fret over reputational, commercial loss
The release of Xinjiang Police Files, which shows the extent and extremely repressive nature of China’s mass internment policies in East Turkistan, has made the companies that source cotton from the …
Zero-COVID, big money: China’s anti-virus spending boosts medical, tech, construction
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ‘zero-COVID’ policy of constantly monitoring, testing and isolating its citizens to prevent the spread of the coronavirus has battered much of the country’s economy …
US ahead of China in trade with India
Exports to the US increased to $76.11 billion in 2021-22 from $51.62 billion in previous fiscal year, while imports rose to $43.31 billion from about $29 billion in 2020-21. During 2021-22, India’s …
Unanswered phones, missed signals: fear of accidental US-China crisis grows
Dialogue between Washington and Beijing has all but disappeared, while more ships, planes and submarines are crowding China’s periphery.
China’s population is about to shrink for the first time since the great famine struck 60 years ago. Here’s what it means for the world
For all the talk of ‘the Chinese century’, population trends suggest influence might move elsewhere – including to neighbouring India, whose population looks set to overtake China in the next decade.
Russia Boosts Oil Exports To India, China As EU Mulls Total Ban
Russia had up to 79 million barrels of crude either travelling on tankers or held in floating storage over the past week, Kpler’s estimates have sho …
China Express Delivery Billionaire Leaves Alibaba-Backed ZTO
ZTO Chairman and CEO Lai Meisong will assume Jianfa Lai’s responsibilities as vice preside president of operations, said ZTO, which is approximately 9% controlled by China e-com …
China: Beijing relaxes Covid restrictions, Shanghai to end several curbs from 1 June
China recorded 293 new cases on Saturday, of which 78 were among people who had arrived from overseas.Shanghai had the most non-imported cases, with 122, and Beijing had 21 …
FY22 trade gap with China swells to $72.9 billion
In FY21, when India’s economy contracted 6.6% and overall imports shrank 17%, imports from China held steady at $65.2 billion, reflecting their stickiness and the surge in demand for electronic goods.
To deter China on Taiwan, Biden needs to reassure
Biden changed U.S. policy, seemingly off the cuff. But deterring China from invading Taiwan will take more than what he’s done so far.
